The Bengaluru Central Cyber Crime unit has taken legal steps to investigate allegations that explicit content was being distributed across the mainstream social media platforms in coordinated fashion, showing the ever-evolving challenges in the transformation of police work in the digital world.
In an effort to make public the identities of the users involved, authorities have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against them accusing them of publishing sexually explicit posts accompanied by captions that actively solicited private engagement on their respective platforms for the purpose of accessing obscene videos.
The complaint alleges that these captions were structured with the intention of encouraging direct messaging under the pretense that they were sharing exclusive content, without disclosing that they were recruiting viewers to external pornographic sites.
Harsha, a 27-year-old employee of a private firm living in Kumarapark West, reported the encounter with an Instagram account disseminating explicit images involving men and women while browsing the platform as the trigger for the investigation.
Harsha lodged a formal grievance through his employer, who involved Police in investigating the incident.
Earlier research has indicated that the posts were int
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